왈

왈	U+C648, 왈 HANGUL SYLLABLE WAL

Composition:

ㅇ + ㅘ + ㄹ

← 왇
[U+C647]

Hangul Syllables

왉 →
[U+C649]

오 ←	→ 왜
와왁왂왃완왅왆 왇왈왉왊왋왌왍 왎왏왐왑왒왓왔 왕왖왗왘왙왚왛

Korean

Etymology 1

Sino-Korean word from 曰, Classical Chinese quotative marker.

Pronunciation

(SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [wa̠ɭ]
Phonetic hangul: [왈]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization^?	wal
Revised Romanization (translit.)^?	wal
McCune–Reischauer^?	wal
Yale Romanization^?	wal

Adverb

왈 • (wal) (hanja 曰)

said, according to; intervenes between a quoted speaker and the quote.
Synonyms: 말 로 (mal-lo), 가라사대 (garasadae)

공자 왈, "배우고 때때로 익히면 즐겁지 아니한가?"
Gongja wal, bae'ugo ttaettaero ikhimyeon jeulgeopji anihan'ga?"
Confucius said: "Is it not a pleasure to study, and to practice what you have learned?"

선생님 왈, 글자 수 만 맞추면 내용 이 헛소리 라도 무조건 만점 이라 그랬다.
Seonsaengnim wal, geulja su-man matchumyeon naeyong-i heotsori-rado mujogeon manjeom-ira geuraetda.
According to the teacher, you'd get a full mark just by meeting the length requirements, even if everything you wrote was nonsense.

Usage notes

Often written in the hanja form.
Sometimes has a humorous nuance.

Etymology 2

Korean reading of various Chinese characters.

Syllable

왈 (wal)

Extended content
曰: (MC reading: 曰 (MC hjwot))

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